Background
Boulter was born in Melbourne on 15 October 1952.
Boulter was born in Melbourne on 15 October 1952.
In 1969 when he was 16, while on a cycling holiday on the Gold Coast, he had a fall at the Nerang Velodrome which left him paraplegic. Boulter temporarily checked out of hospital to represent Queensland in his first National Disabled Championships in 1970. He then returned to the Gold Coast, and searched for a coach.
He found Dave Tomlinson, who worked with him for the rest of his career.
He also played wheelchair basketball, representing Queensland in national championships from 1976 until his retirement from sport in 1984. Boulter was inducted into the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame in 1999.